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    • Special Olympics Albania

    • Special Olympics Albania

    • Sports; Children

    • I took this photo at Special Olympics, Albania 2010, in Tirana. 15 Volunteers volunteered at the Special Olympics event sponsored by Vodafone Albania. Pictured is a young boy from team Vlora (town in Southern Albania) before the opening ceremony.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The End of a Successful Trip

    • The End of a Successful Trip

    • Children; Camps and clubs

    • I work at a youth center in Ukraine, and one of the big events for the small children is the annual trip to the regional center for a visit to "Dendropark" to play at the amusement park. It takes about 1 1/2 hours each way on a bus to get there and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Baby's Naming Ceremony

    • A Baby's Naming Ceremony

    • Children; Ceremonies; Maternal and child health

    • I took this photo at the naming ceremony of a baby born to one of the women I worked with in improving pre-natal health practices in the fall of 2007. The ceremony occurred 7 days after the birth of the baby which is the tradition in this village...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance Lessons

    • Weddings

    • This photo was taken in a village near my post. I was invited to a wedding there- my first time attending a wedding in Cameroon. Everyone was dancing around the bride and I was just spectating until some of the dancers called me to join them. I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Painting the World

    • Painting the World

    • World map project

    • This picture of me was taken by another Peace Corps Volunteer, Mallory, while we worked on the World Map Project in her village on June 9,2011. The little boy with me is Yaya Tourey, and helped us organize our materials as we worked on the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Family in Another Country

    • Family in Another Country

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in August of 2010 in the community of Tomas in the Peruvian Andes. Through my time as a Peace Corps Volunteer, I befriended a local family who regularly invited me to share meals with them and partake in family gatherings with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Easter Bunny in the Andes

    • The Easter Bunny in the Andes

    • Children; Celebrations; Religion

    • This photo was taken in April 2010 in a community in the Andes mountains of Peru. Although they do not celebrate Easter there, I wanted to share something I had enjoyed as a child--dying Easter eggs--with the kids at my local elementary school....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Potatoes in Peru

    • Potatoes in Peru

    • Food and meals; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in July 2010 at the annual Nor Yauyos Agricultural Fair in the Peruvian Andes. As part of the fair, several towns in the region presented exhibitions of all the varieties of potatoes that they grow; while in America we might...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saying "Cheese," Peruvian-style

    • Saying "Cheese," Peruvian-style

    • Celebrations; Youth

    • This photo was taken in July 2010 at the annual Nor Yauyos Agricultural Fair in Peru. As part of the fair, local high school students dressed in traditional clothing and presented traditional foods that they had prepared as part of a cooking...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter in the Andes

    • Easter in the Andes

    • Children; Celebrations; Religion

    • This photo was taken in April of 2011 with the youngest kids from my local elementary school during an Easter egg hunt. In my community, high in the Andes mountains of Peru, Easter is not really celebrated, but, in an effort to get to know the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Slippery Pole

    • Slippery Pole

    • Children; Celebrations; Games

    • I took this photo on Sunday 8/7/2011 at my neighbors quince anos celebration. My husband and I attended the ceremony of the quincinera and following the service, the delicious lunch games for the children commenced. After a rousing and slightly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This was taken in 2011 (post-service) while visiting the Emberá community Ella Drua in Colón, Panama. Yaneth was weaving a traditional Emberá basket while her daughter, Vianca, and my son, Adrián, played on the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vielka

    • Vielka

    • Markets

    • This was taken in my site Caño Quebrado, Colón, Panamá during my service in 2009. I was buying a few things from this store before going out for the day to harvest coffee with Vielka and her parents (she was on summer break from school). Many...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Common Love

    • A Common Love

    • Animals; Host families

    • My host sister Liza and I cuddling one of the newest members of the family. This picture was taken May 21, 2006 in Trypillia, Ukraine towards the end of my training. I had become so attached to my host family I didn't even want to think about...
    • Volunteer Photos

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